Gospels Week

What can I say about this past week except that it was stinking busy! We had class every day from 9-5:15...on a good day! Classes were sooo long, but they were so good. I think what made this week so hard was how much information was being thrown at us in such a short period of time. We wrote our exam today for Gospels and it wasn't too bad, but I do wish that I had more time to sit and think about everything that I have learned, but I'm already hard at work on Theology assignments. School seems to be ruling my life right now! But I don't mind because I am learning so much about God and how to relate to him and it's just incredible.
Team Vancouver was hard at work this past Saturday! Steve made an announcement at his church telling them that there were 5 students who were available for hire! And one lady approached him after the service and we cleaned her house from top to bottom on Saturday afternoon! We had so much fun doing it too! Who would have thought that housework would be so entertaining. We now have enough money to buy a BBQ and we are well on our way for buying the deep freeze as well. It is getting so exciting to think about how soon the missions trip is.
Youth group on Wednesday was interesting. All the boys were nuts! They kept fighting each other and beating each other up and it was really frustrating. I would try to stop one fight and another one would break out. It was so ridiculous. I came home and I honestly had to just go to bed because I was so emotionally drained. I can't even explain the chaos or the frustration that I felt when I got home.
On Saturday night we went curling with the Qwanoes staff and that was soooo fun! I had never been curling before so I was really excited about trying it. After the first game though, everyone I was playing with quit. The other team, my team, everyone! So, I was sitting on the rocks or balancing on the rocks with my arms when no one would push me and I would slide down the ice on the rocks. It was so much fun and I think I had more fun riding the rocks then actually curling! It was an experience that I will never forget!
The highlight of my week though had to be Tuesday night! I went and I saw the Watoto children's choir. Watoto is an organization in Uganda that helps kids who have lost their parents to AIDS or war. There are so many kids living there. The kids are put into homes with a new mother and new brothers and sisters and they get to go to school and have a life. It is incredible work that is happening in Uganda right now and I have such a heart for it all. I love them and I want to be their mom. I honestly have never seen such precious little children in my whole life!
I love those kids so much, and I want nothing more then to be with them! That's me with two of the boys from the choir! They were soo cute! and they loved having their picture taken!!!

A Week of Study and Fun!

As I sit here, I struggle with what I want to write about. This past week was a pretty straight forward week. The majority of my time was spent reading a rather large text book about the Gospels while reading the Gospels alongside it. When I wasn't reading, I was either at youth group or thinking about how I should be reading the textbook.

Youth group on Wednesday night was soooo sweet! We did a scavenger hunt around Crofton for things that were red. There were like 50 things on the list that we had to find. My group was made up of the 8 of the most rowdy boys at youth. So, we were running through town and raiding people's houses for red things. It was a lot of fun and I had some sweet conversations and I got to know the kids better too! I have had a strong desire to be more involved with my church lately as well. Last night, I helped out at their deeper service by watching the kids. I just played games with them for an hour and a half. I loved it!

On Saturday, Team Vancouver did a bottle drive to raise money for our missions trip. It was so much fun and we doubled the money that we already had. I really love our team because we have so much fun fundraising and having meetings! I have to admit that when I was first put on the Vancouver team I wasn't very happy, but the group and I have been making the most of it and I can't even imagine being on any other team!! Here is a photo after our bottle drive, having a meeting at WhiteSpot with milkshakes!!